The lowest Republican Stunt Yet (but it's only January)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

"Legendary" GOP Strategist Launches Hillary Name-calling Effort

A couple of days ago, a group called Citizens United Not Timid filed papers with the IRS as a "527" organization. Then we saw that Roger Stone had signed on as the group's "assistant treasurer." Uh oh.

Stone, regular TPM readers know, is a Republican operative who prides himself as something of an elder statesman of GOP dirty tricks. He went to work for Richard Nixon at age nineteen, making him the "youngest Watergate dirty trickster." He continues to idolize the man, even sporting a tattoo of Nixon's face between his shoulder blades. On his website, the StoneZone, he proudly touts Nixon's endorsement of him as "one of the very few excellent political professionals."

His career with the GOP took off from there, leading to spots with Ronald Reagan's campaigns, Bob Dole's presidential campaign, two of Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-PA) campaigns (Specter reportedly counts him as a friend), among others. James Baker tapped him to lead street protests in Florida to shut down the recount in 2000. Most recently, he was hired by New York Republicans for their battle with Gov. Elliot Spitzer (D), a gig that exploded when he was accused of making a threatening phone call to Spitzer's 83 year-old father (Stone denied it).

So what's Stone up to? Fortunately, he laid the whole scheme out to The Weekly Standard. . .

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005124.php

[Cooley Hurd]

1. If you can avoid using the acronym, and just spell out the whole thing...

...I think the mods would be more forgiving. The C-word is definitely a no-no on DU. Even though the context in which you're using it is descriptive of the group, it's tough seeing the C-word for most (if not all) here on DU.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. It seems like if we have to self-edit Republican ads because they're so offensive

then they've won a round.

One thing so creepy about this is that it's a dirty trick so offensive that it minimizes blow-back because no TV news show will dare to even mention it.

Clever.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. I disagree - the Acronym, followed by Hillary's name on Democratic Undergound...

...would more likely titillate Freepers, regardless of the context of the post, IMHO.

[GodlessBiker]

7. It's good to see there remains one word on George Carlin's List that we still cannot use.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. That's all that separates us from beasts!

[DJ13]

2. So what's Stone up to?

To foster resentment against him and help get Hillary the nomination based on anger and pity by rank and file Democrats.

How many times does it have to be said that the GOP desperately wants to run against Hillary?

They've been planning that campaign for years, and they believe they have all the ammo from her and Bill's past they need to overrun any campaign she puts together.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. Yes, I'm sure this is an attempt to help Hillary

:tinfoilhat:

[TwilightGardener]

3. I saw the post--that was fast! I agree we need to know about this, but

probably shouldn't use the acronym in the title. BTW, Tweety has Roger Stone on all the time--that explains a lot, considering how he feels about Hillary.

[fenriswolf]

4. interesting logo